Thank you for the trust you have placed in aftand in me, and we thank you for the trust you have placed in aft and in me, and we will work around the clock to repay your trust and to deliver on your priorities with a parliament that works for you. Mr chairman, there are 23 ayes and 17 noes. The article is agreed to. In other news, one step closer to impeaching the president . A committee in the Us Congress Approves two charges against donald trump. Un investigators accuse chile of torture, ill treatment and Sexual Violence against protesters. And, the search resumes for two remaining bodies following the volcanic eruption in new zealand. Hello, and thanks for joining us on bbc news. The british Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has hailed the conservatives resounding election victory as extraordinary and urged people across the uk to heal their divisions over brexit. Speaking in downing street, mrjohnson said he would repay the trust of labour supporters who had voted conservative for the first time. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, says he will stand down but he hasnt said when. And theres likely to be a fierce debate about where his party goes from here. Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg reports. Applause and cheering. The power of surprise. Applause and cheering. The power of victory. Well, we did it. We did it. We pulled it off, didnt we . The power of a Prime Minister with authority firmly in his hands. With this mandate and this majority, we will at last be able to do what . All get brexit done youve been paying attention. Jubilation here they can keep the promise to leave the eu next month. The will we, wont we fundamental tussle of brexit almost at an end. This election means that getting brexit done is now the irrefutable, irresistible, unarguable decision of the british people. But it didnt happen just because of traditional tories, but because of labour voters going over. The majority he craved, the start of the change. In winning this election, we have won votes and the trust of people who have never voted conservative before. Those people want change. We cannot, must not must not let them down. And in delivering change, we must change too. Lets get brexit done. But first, my friends, lets get breakfast done too. Thank you all thank you all very much for coming. Thank you all very much. Chanting boris, Boris Borisjohnson has pulled off what is a genuinely a historic victory, notjust because it is the biggest conservative majority since the 1980s, but because, for the first time, as hes reminded his party, people who had never before considered voting for conservative, have turned to them. Hes won the right to call this home for five years now. Reporter are you going to resign, mr corbyn . Woman we love you, Jeremy Corbyn forJeremy Corbyn, its the end of his ambition to move the few short miles to westminster from his north london home. Do you think you misread the mood, mr corbyn . Labour were swamped in this election. He is off by the spring, if not before. I did everything i could. Of course, i take responsibility for putting the manifesto forward. But i have to say, the manifesto was universally supported throughout our party and throughout our movement. So as i said in my own count result last night, we dont give up on the eternal hopes of a more decent society. Reporter have you lost your seat, ms swinson . The lib dems had a crushing night too. Just a few weeks ago, jo swinson claimed she could be Prime Minister. 523. In the middle of the night, though, she even lost her own place in parliament, and closed the day neither an mp nor a party leader. All of us who share an alternative vision for society have a responsibility to learn from this result and find new answers. They lost at the hands of the tories and the snp too, who cleaned up. Look at the first minister, unable to hide her glee as news ofjo swinsons defeat came through. Scotland yellow, england now largely blue. The union uneasy another demand for a vote on independence on the way. The map moved in Northern Ireland too. The dup leader at westminster, nigel dodds, lost his seat, and for the first time more nationalists than unionists were chosen by voters, pulling at the unions thread. The brexit party scooped up votes but didnt cross the bar for any seats of their own. All these falling pieces created one clear picture one man securely in charge, even though his journey gave discomfort to many voters. But, with this victory, borisjohnson has secured at least a major chapter in the kind of history books he likes to write. He wont be a footnote now. His first task to finish what they started, but with an appeal to the 48 and the 52. To those who did not vote for us or for me, and who wanted and perhaps still want to remain in the eu, i want you to know that we in this one nation conservative government will never ignore your good and positive feelings of warmth and sympathy towards the other nations of europe. Then an unlikely claim, perhaps, a post election promise of peace and goodwill. This country deserves a break from wrangling, a breakfrom politics, and a permanent break from talking about brexit. Thank you all very much, and happy christmas. Thank you. Yet this politician now swears he will govern for us all. With five years and a convincing majority, he has time to succeed or to stumble. He who dared, did win. Laura kuenssberg with that report. Democrats in the us house of representatives have taken a big step forward with the impeachment process against president donald trump. The Housejudiciary Committee voted to approve two articles of impeachment those are the formal charges against him. Nedah tawfik reports from washington. Ms demings . Aye. The outcome of the vote was, as expected, straight down partisan lines. Mr gohmert . My vote is no. Still, this was a significant moment as the Housejudiciary Committee passed articles of impeachment against a president for only the fourth time in us history. Today is a solemn and sad day. The quick result came after two days of contentious debate, including a 14 hour session on thursday that stretched late into the night. Republicans tried to weaken the charges against president trump. The democrats held firm, passing two articles. The first, abuse of power, for his efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival, and the second, obstruction of congress. From the oval office, the president launched into a familiar refrain, calling the process illegitimate and a hoax. Its a scam, its something that shouldnt be allowed, and its a very bad thing for our country and youre trivialising impeachment. The full democratic led house will almost certainly vote as early as next week to impeach. Republicans are already making plans for a full trial in the senate, where they have the upper hand and are not expected to remove the president. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says he will move in lockstep with the white house. Everything i do during this, im co ordinating with the white house counsel. There will be no difference between the president s position and our position as to how to handle this. Meanwhile, another trump ally and a central figure in the impeachment probe was at the white house today. Just back from ukraine, Rudy Giuliani says he wants to brief us officials on his trip. It seems the threat of impeachment has only emboldened the president s allies. Nada tawfik, bbc news, washington. Lets get some of the days other news. The Us Supreme Court has agreed to hear president trumps appeals in three separate cases involving disclosure of his financial records. Mr trump is trying to block subpoenas for bank records, tax returns and other materials demanded by various congressional committees and by a new york prosecutor. The us and china have announced a thaw in their trade war, suspending new import tariffs that were due to come into force this weekend. President trump said it was a phase one deal that would see beijing purchasing more american agricultural products. Negotiations at the United Nations Climate Summit in madrid are continuing into saturday, without an agreement in sight. The two week summit was meant to decide rules for the implementation of the 2015 paris climate agreement. But many key issues remain unresolved. The taxi app, uber has launched an appeal against transport for londons decision to refuse to renew its operating licence in london. Tfl rejected ubers application last month, accusing it of safety breaches. The United Nations has accused the police and army in chile of committing serious Human Rights Violations in their response to recent Anti Government demonstrations, in which nearly 30 people were killed. Un investigators say they have found evidence of widespread torture, ill treatment, Sexual Violence and arbitrary detention against protesters over the past two months. Gareth barlow reports. It has become a familiar sight. The police and protesters clashing on the streets of the chilean capital. This latest flareup hot on the heels of condemnation by the United Nations, of the governments response to the demonstrations. Un investigators have found that over the past two months of Security Forces have been linked to unlawful deaths are Sexual Violence and over 100 cases of torches and ill treatment. Human Rights Violations documented by the unhcr include the excessive or unnecessary use of force that led to unlawful killings and injuries, arbitrary detentions and torture and ill treatment. In october, anger at a proposed rise in metro prices escalated into wider demonstrations against wealth inequality and poor state funding. The United Nations says the police were fundamentally repressive. The chilean government said violent demonstrations triggered the response, but investigations were under way. Translation we deeply regret the allegations made by the team at the high commissioner. Each of them is being or will be investigated by the public prosecutors office, and will be sanctioned as the courts deem appropriate. The un also disputed the governments claim almost 5000 people have been injured, saying the true figure could be much higher, but it noted attacks had been carried out against Security Forces, alongside looting and destruction of private property. Now as the demonstrations continue, the response from the police and authorities is being closely watched. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come 00v College Athletes arent what they used to be we report on the growing field of e sports its big business with scholarships to match. Saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. The signatures took only a few minutes, but they have brought a formal end to 3. 5 years of conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. Before an audience of world leaders, the president s of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. The romanian border was sealed and silent today. Romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. From sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton in his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. This is bbc world news. The latest headlines borisjohnson says he hopes his election victory will bring closure to the brexit debate, his party won an 80 seat majority. A committee in the Us Congress Approves two charges against donald trump, clearing the way for the house to vote on the president s impeachment next week. Police in new zealand have resumed their Recovery Mission for one of the remaining victims of mondays volcanic eruption on white island. Dive teams are searching in waters off the island to retrieve a body. The other victim still missing is thought to be on the island itself. A total of 16 people are thought to have been killed, while dozens remain in hospital. Dr vanessa thornton, clinical directorfor the Emergency Department at the Middlemore Hospital, south of auckland, is a specialist in the treatment of burns. Shejoins us now. Dr vanessa thorton, just to start off, the people who were injured, how are they now . The people that are injured are still critical. The severity of their burns is high and they are still in a Critical Condition in hospital. How difficult was it to treat their injuries when you first got to see them . Well, we geared up argued up to treat all severe burns, issue with this incident is the number of burns. It is not the treatment itself, we can manage severe burns, we are the National Burns unit at Middlemore Hospital and our burns and surgeons are trained to deal with severe burns, it is the sheer number of severe burns that created difficulty for capacity in our unit and across the regional units. Can your mind is sami people you had to treat to begin with . To begin with we had 31 patients presenting across our National Network of regional hospitals and National Burns centre. Is was that a huge number of your capacity at that time to be able to treat them . A huge number over our capacity. We have prepared for disasters and you always prepare for mass casualty, but the sheer number of significant burns made it very challenging. What kind of resources 01 challenging. What kind of resources or help were you able to call in to ensure that all of those 31 people we re ensure that all of those 31 people were able to be treated properly . Well, l3 regional units had their burns surgeons working 24 7 and our unit had four theatres operating just on burns with burns surgeons well, l3 regional units. It was a significant amount of work required once the patients reach their destination. For those of us are not familiar with the treatment of burns injuries, how dangerous is it, what are the dangers when you have people severely burned and they come to you . The difficulty with treating severe burns is that the length of operation is a very long, particularly since the size of the bone, a few of the patients had burns up to 90 of their body. This isa burns up to 90 of their body. This is a severe, significant bone. And it requires a lot of work by our burns surgeons. In the drills and preparation you had done, as you ever envisaged treating people from a volcanic explosion like this . mean, of course you briefly discuss it, but you never envisage that such a disaster will happen. Dr vanessa thorton, Middlemore Hospital, thank you so much forjoining us. Thank you. French president Emmanuel Macron has vowed to push ahead with his Pension Reforms despite the ongoing strike by Public Sector workers, which is now in its ninth day. Half of the metro lines in paris remained completely shut on friday, with just one in four Long Distance lines running. The Pension Reforms are intended to harmonise a system of more than 40 separate Pension Plans for Public Sector workers. The former algerian Prime Minister, abdelmadjid tebboune, has been elected president. The 74 year old succeeds abdelaziz bouteflika, who was forced to resign in april after two decades in power. Tens of thousands of people have been protesting against the outcome. Lawyers representing the users of a bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, quadrigacx, are asking the canadian authorities to exhume the body of its founder. They believe circumstances surrounding Gerald Cottens death were suspicious. The 30 year old died suddenly in india from complications related to crohns disease, but afterwards quadrigacx was unable to find the reserves. Rumours are that cotten faked his own death, though no evidence has ever been revealed. In south africa, the government has issued more than a thousand diamond mining permits to artisanal miners who had been working illegally. Its estimated that 14,000 work in the industry without the proper paperwork. Illegal mining reportedly costs the economy about us 550 million a year. The miners are predominantly from lesotho, swaziland, malawi, zimbabwe, and mozambique. Nomsa maseko sent this report from the city of kimberley, known as the Diamond Capital of south africa. Hoping to strike it rich, sifting through layers of gravel, the artisanal miners are hard at work. This is part of a disused main dump and there are still diamonds to be found. Hundreds moved into this area after the government issued permits to small scale miners. In a landmark deal, 600 hectares were handed over by the government for artisanal mining. Justafew by the government for artisanal mining. Just a few months ago, this work was unlawful and dangerous. There were frequent clashes between illegal miners, police, and main security. It was not easy to get a permit. It was bloodshed, the sleepless nights. People on the hit list of the mines, going to jail. We will also declared terrorists by our own government. Despite the risks, south africas sky high unemployment made illegal mining a lucrative option and attracted people from all walks of life. But this has now changed. A pastor back on sunday, a minor on monday, he has been working the soilfor minor on monday, he has been working the soil for five years. So today oui the soil for five years. So today our lives have changed tremendously, because we are operating legally and we can handle diamonds and we can even sell our diamonds in a tender port. I am feeling very lucky here in the camp. We havejust port. I am feeling very lucky here in the camp. We have just found three green rubies, one red ruby, and a crystal. This is a good sign. It means that this that we are working on, thats where we could find the diamonds. Like many others, this 77 year old was arrested several times for illegally mining precious stones. She has to maintain her nine grandchildren and, until now, had no choice but to work illegally. Translation our industry has been formalised and that means people will not go hungry. Youngsters must roll up their sleeves and work for the money, because the minerals belong to us. The new permit system has restored the dignity of artisanal miners and that means they no longer have to risk their lives to put food on the table. The government hopes that this could now become a blueprint for other mining sectors in the country, potentially manganese, gold, and chrome, something that many current illegal miners will probably welcome. Nomsa maseko, bbc news. In case you have forgotten, christmas is fast approaching and many children and adults alike will have game consoles on top of their wish lists. Parents may worry that playing video games is a waste of time, but its become big business. E sports can be a route to university, and even a lucrative career, as our north america correspondent, Chris Buckler reports. In the us, College Sports a big business. For the largest universities, basketball and american footballer with tens of millions of dollars. And you will find the newest College Athletes, not in helmets, but in headsets. Ive got you in my sights. not in helmets, but in headsets. Ive got you in my sights. I am in with one of the players at the university. He is currently playing over watz, a Competitive Team based game. Coaches at this pennsylvania couege game. Coaches at this Pennsylvania College watch every strike of the keyboard and move of the mouse. Meet the fiercely competitive east spot east point athletes on full university scholarships. For my mum it was a sigh of relief, she said all that time you wasted in your bedroom was actually for something. They are going to need to come up with the best defence. Some might be cynical, but this is being presented is the latest University Team sport. This years collegiate tournament was even this years collegiate tournament was eve n cove red this years collegiate tournament was even covered by the leading us sports network, espn. Harris park is your champion it cost around 11 3 million, building and
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